World's heaviest baby girl' on Monday in Hassan, Karnataka .The yet-to-be named baby girl, born to a 19-year-old woman, weighs 6.8 kg, which is almost the same as an average six-month-old. Dr Venkatesh Raju said,She is a miracle. I believe she is not only the heaviest baby born in India but the heaviest baby girl ever born in the world."(source-internet)

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The pregnant woman finishes 16-km race by walking for 3hrs
35min as part of physical test fora forest guard job.An official stated that the
woman, who was advised not to participate,but the women brought a
medical certificate and an affidavit, which claimed that she was participating
of her own will.

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today inaugurated an air ambulance facility to cater to patients with urgent medical requirements, including organ transplant.State Health Minister V S Sivakumar said government would bear the expenses for transporting organ through air ambulance and an amount of Rs 5 crore has been earmarked for it.Actual service would start in two months after acquiring the aircraft needed for it,

MUMBAI: Diabetics in the country have something to cheer about. A
completely new drug in the 'gliptin' family has disrupted the
anti-diabetes market by lowering the cost of therapy for patients by
80%. With the launch of the teneligliptin molecule, the popular gliptin
category has witnessed a price erosion of over 80% in the last six
months, bringing down the cost for a day's treatment from Rs 45 to an
average daily price of Rs 9. What's more, over 15 companies are now
offering it.

The cost of gliptin treatment amounted to Rs
16,200 per year (at Rs 1,350 per month). With the entry of the new
molecule and subsequently aggressive pricing by domestic companies over
the past six months, the cost of therapy has dropped to approximately Rs
3,285 a year (at Rs 270 a month), translating into national savings of
roughly Rs 1,300 crore for patients. The new entrant teneligliptin is
also the fastest selling in the Rs 1,430 crore gliptin family which
occupies 20% of the total anti-diabetic market.

Teneligliptin, a
third-generation new oral anti-diabetic drug manufactured by
Mumbai-based Glenmark, received regulatory approval, and was priced
aggressively at nearly Rs 20 for a day's therapy when it was first
launched in June last year.

The launch of Zita Plus and Ziten
(teneligliptin brands) by Glenmark paved the way for the entry of a host
of players to launch the molecule in the oral diabetic market which is
valued around Rs 6,000 crore, growing at a strong double-digit.

As per the AIOCD data (December 2015), there are 16 teneligliptin brands
in the market, with total sales of Rs 36 crore. Diabetes is fast
gaining the status of a potential epidemic in India with over 67 million
individuals currently diagnosed with the disease (source: IDF 2014),
while there is a huge undiagnosed diabetes population estimated around
35.4 million.

The economic burden of diabetes is high in India as most patients pay out-of-pocket, and due to lack of medical reimbursement.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan says he hopes the Singapore Government's contribution to the fund would be able to help those affected.

SINGAPORE: The Singapore Government will commit US$75,000 as seed contribution to the Singapore Red Cross' South India Floods 2015 public appeal, following devastating floods in the Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu.

In a letter to Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa on Saturday (Dec 5), Singapore Minister of Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan said he was saddened by hundreds of lives lost and disrupted due to the severe flooding in South India.

"Like many Singaporeans, I hope that the floods will recede soon. I am confident that normalcy will return to your state in the near future under your leadership," he wrote.

Dr Balakrishnan added that he hoped the Singapore Government's contribution to the fund would be able to help those affected.

"We hope that this will be of some assistance to those affected by the floods, and demonstrate Singapore’s solidarity with the people of Tamil Nadu during this difficult period," Dr Balakrishnan said.

NEW DELHI: South Africa's troubles against spin continued with another
abject batting performance, one that spanned 49.3 overs on the second
day at the Feroz Shah Kotla, on a track that was nowhere near as
spiteful as Nagpur or Mohali. This was just poor batting against
accurate bowling, led by Ravindra Jadeja's 5/30.

Making South
Africa's collapse to 121 all the more alarming was that it took place on
the same track on which Ajinkya Rahane stroked his way to a silken 127 -
the first century of the series and the longest a player has batted -
while adding the highest partnership of the series (98) with R Ashwin,
who scored 56.

Such a meek batting effort also pushed into the
shade some excellent bowling from Kyle Abbott, whose figures of
24.5-7-40-5 gave the visitors something to take from an otherwise
chastening 117.5 overs in the field. This South African team is spent,
physically and mentally, of that there is no doubt. India, with a lead
of 213, will look to bury them on day three.

The Kotla surface
was not a rank turner as seen in Mohali and Nagpur, but still required
plenty of application and skill, and it was fitting that Rahane was the
man to reach a significant landmark for it was at this venue that he
made a forgettable debut in 2013. With this excellent century, Rahane
has also pushed his batting average in India from under eight to 24.85.

Rahane's fluidity harked back to his sublime Lord's century last
summer, and for sheer value it will rank alongside that match-winning
effort. He took 24 deliveries spanning nearly 45 minutes to move from 89
to 100, but once his first century in Indian was achieved with a push
past the stumps for four off Morne Morkel, and then punctuated with a
pump of the fists as he raised his bat, Rahane started purring.

He sashayed down to Dane Piedt and clubbed two sixes in an over, one
wide of deep midwicket and the other over long-off, and followed up by
hitting Dean Elgar's left-arm spin inside out over cover for four. In
between these attractive hits were delicate dabs square on the offside
and controlled bunts to leg. It was fluent batting, with a touch of
panache.

Rahane's innings ended when he drove Imran Tahir in
the air to cover, the leg spinner's first wicket in his tenth over.
Moments before lunch, he dumped Tahir for six over long-on to get to his
fifty, but did not last long after the interval as Abbott plucked out
the last two wickets to become the first overseas fast bowler since
Courtney Walsh in 1987 to claim a five-for at the Kotla.